Has your IBM XL C/C++ for AIX software evaluation license expired? You can work around this little problem temporarily by placing the following environment variable in /etc/profile. XLC_EXTEND_EVAL=yes According to the IBM support site, this will extend the XLC license to a total of 74 days. https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21498670 It appears to work. Before the change, I was unable to compile anything. Note the highlighted text below. # /usr/vac/bin/xlc cgc.c The license for... [More]

WARNING! Let me make this perfectly clear! The procedure that is shown below is NOT SUPPORTED by IBM. If you choose to follow these procedures, DO NOT contact IBM support for help. They will not be able to assist you. They will ask you to change the nimsh port numbers back to the defaults. They will ask you to change your SAP application to use a different port number. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Here’s a problem I’ve encountered more than once. Someone installs SAP onto an AIX system and decides to use TCP port 3901... [More]